Saturday, January 21, 2012

I'm back with some sweet little treats. I recently bought the Tim Holtz Mini Rosette die, and I love it! The die cuts two strips for making rosettes, and I used the smaller of the two strips.

I made little boxes to hold a single chocolate heart. They are seriously so cute! The *Be Mine* sentiment is from the newly released stamp set *Build a Valentine* by My Craft Spot. The box is from the Sweet Tooth Boxes cartridge. I cut the box on pg.63 at 2.50". Tip: cut the lid to the box a little bigger or it won't fit-I actually cut the lid at 2.50" and the bottom of the box at 2.43". I didn't bother to score the box-the patterned paper I used was thin and folded easy. I put a little dab of glue to hold the box together. The boxes went together really quickly.

The heart is a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. I bought mine at Target.

The paper is from Fancy Pants. The little bird is so cute. You could even stamp a little sentiment inside the bottom of the box before glueing it together.

To make life easier, I like to use punches when I can with stamping. It's nice to stamp and then line things up with a punch instead of trying to stamp on a little strip of paper. I'll be posting soon about the punches I am now using with my crafting. I bought this punch from my friend Kirstin Davies, she's a Stampin UP demonstrator. :)

To add the little notches on the end of the stamped strip I use my square punch. I turn the punch over and line it up with the corner. If you don't have a square punch you can just use scissors. I personally have better luck with the punch.

The nice thing about using the punch to cut the notch is I can customize the strip to any size I need.

One last look. :)

Don't forget you still have a chance to win a stamp set of your choice from My Craft Spot by leaving a comment HERE.Have a great weekend!